WEBVTT the most money we had everraised as a school and the badnews was that it's going to makeme sleep on the roof and theycelebrated both.)UP ON THE ROOFTOP ... A LOCALPRINCIPAL PAUSES... ANDWONDERS... WHAT HAS HE GOTTENHIMSELF INTO.RIGHT NOW... HE'S SETTING UP HISTENT... TO SPEND THE NIGHT ONTOP OF AYER ELEMENTARY INANDERSON TOWNSHIP.PRINCIPAL CHRIS FLANAGAN....PROMISED HIS KIDS HE WOULD SPENDTHE NIGHT UP THERE... IF THEYRAISED 23-THOUSAND DOLLARS FORTHE SCHOOL.WL-WT'S ERIK ZARNITZ LEADING THEWAY... WITH HOW THEY RAISEDTHAT... AND MORE.(Erik Zarnitz: The point of allschools is to raise the barwhen it comes to education. Butthe Ayer Elementary Falcons aretaking this to a brand newlevel.) WETHER YOU'RE HEADING TOSCHOOL FOR WORK ..... OR TOLEARN SUPPLIES LIKE THIS....NORMALLY AREN'T NECESSARY.BUT TONIGHT, THESE AREESSENTIALS......(Chris Flanagan: We are on theroof of my school and tonightI'm going to be camping out whenthe students leave to get onbuses I'll be coming up here atabout 3:45 and thenbe up here till the kids comeback till about 9am tomorrowmorning.) THINK OF IT AS KIND OFSELF INFLICTED ALL NIGHTDETENTION...BUT ONE BROUGHT ON THROUGHINCENTIVE AND HIS STUDENTS HARDWORK.(Sophia: last year for thewalkathon we got to dunk him,in the dunking booth and I thinkhe raised his expectations forus so he can sleep on the roof.)THIS YEAR THE STUDENTS, THEIRFAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITYRAISED 31 THOUSAND DOLLARS, 8THOUSAND ABOVE THE GOAL. AND THEAGREEMENT WAS THIS.... A NIGHT,ON THE ROOF ... FOR ALL HISSTUDENTS TO SEE.(Chris Flanagan: Some kids werelike we hope you don't freezeto death, and do you need ablanket and some of the olderkids think I'm going to sneakoff in the middle of the nightand not actually sleep up here.So we are setting up a web camso they can watch. And make sureI stay up here for the night.)SOME OF THE STUDENTS EVEN HAVE ALITTLE ADVICE TO PASS ALONG.(Sophia: Bring a blanket anddon't start a fire cause Idon't want our school to burndown.)(Erik Zarnitz: The good newsthere is no rain in tonightsforecast. The bad news underthose clear skies temperatureswill easily drop into the 40smeaning Principal Flanagan willhave a chilly start to the day,but he tells me there is goingto be a warm cup of coffeewaiting for him as he gets offthe roof. Reporting fromAnderson Township, Erik ZarnitzWLWT News five.)LAST YEAR.... THE SCHOOL BOUGHT86 CROMEBOOK COMPUTERS FORTHE KIDS... WITH THE MONEYRAISED.. THIS YEAR.... THE MONEYIS GOING TOWARDS THE SCHOOL'SMEDIA CENTER.

Elementary school principal spends night on the roof

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Updated: 9:14 AM PST Jan 4, 2017

OLATHE, Ks. —

A Kansas school principal spent the night on the roof to reward his students and teach them a very important lesson.